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John Brown | AMERICAN HISTORY: After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionists body mouldering in the grave
Answer: | "oPM92HJ2Q2ujeW60qXHVoQ==" |
Richard the Lionhearted | WORLD HISTORY: In 1199 this crusader king of England was mortally wounded while besieging the castle of Chalus
Answer: | "eXBkrymYSbK9+hg4Fgi2+Q==" |
Solid | SCIENCE: Lithium is the lightest element that occurs in this state of matter at room temperature
Answer: | "MYPOVgnxQ7m+JSAOBt9j2w==" |
Havana | AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 15, 1898 the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in this Cuban capitals harbor
Answer: | "6bVnF3JkT529W5F5DskfXw==" |
cathode rays | SCIENCE: The Crookes tube, used to study these rays, led to the creation of the TV picture tube
Answer: | "EeAOR7pFQv65G5I4NHdzAA==" |
Hernando de Soto | AMERICAN HISTORY: This Spanish explorer, not Ponce de Leon, claimed Florida for Spain in June of 1539
Answer: | "nPKNOSUpR/qmx2VDRCpXFw==" |
U.S. Maine | AMERICAN HISTORY: Its now thought that an internal explosion, not a mine, caused this ship to sink in Havana Harbor in 1898
Answer: | "HQNfGOaSQRSo531K8EUI+A==" |
Dog | SCIENCE: Launched by the Soviets in 1957, the 1st living creature to orbit the Earth was one of these
Answer: | "kReqDVpxS3KNMfcJpA1uLg==" |
Beckett | LITERATURE: He wrote his first novel, Murphy, in 1938, 14 years before his famous play Waiting for Godot
Answer: | "PyPaYpJ3SC6b07Vd4KVVig==" |
Manila Bay | AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1898 Commodore Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet at the battle of this Philippine bay
Answer: | "qIpEwDXXTSOByu/Ji9HBoQ==" |
the Hohenzollerns | WORLD HISTORY: This German noble family traced its descent from the counts of Zollern
Answer: | "NvDkp9wqReuCJi8Te1LNgQ==" |
Venuoles | SCIENCE: Arteries branch off into arterioles & these join to form veins
Answer: | "glcOSP65SEOd9Z6gw0DoIg==" |
hydrogen | SCIENCE: Its the element whose atomic weight is closest to its atomic number
Answer: | "3CxwvXKzT6qVtrYAxKeHEQ==" |
House of the Seven Gables | LITERATURE: This dilapidated Hawthorne mansion is home to Pyncheon relatives Hepzibah, Phoebe & Clifford & a lodger
Answer: | "VPZfYVK8TuCYBDgDVu46eQ==" |
Sir Isaac Newton | SCIENCE: He outlines his 3 laws of motion in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Answer: | "xP2LktPwT/eKwSYtrB6lng==" |
David Copperfield | LITERATURE: Dickens said this title character was born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk as a posthumous child
Answer: | "i3eLvPklRcuVK9geYL+sng==" |
Louis XVI | WORLD HISTORY: This French king was condemned in mid-January 1793 & was executed January 21
Answer: | "D96RoYpCR3e+p6gzd6UWcg==" |
Louis LAmour | LITERATURE: This western author stopped using pen names soon after the publication of Hondo in 1953
Answer: | "p/OEAvZSSaW/MVDTiKUqfA==" |
megaton | SCIENCE: This unit represents the explosive power of 2 billion pounds of TNT
Answer: | "vX3iz2e/RWmlTd4zZq46mg==" |
Huguenots | WORLD HISTORY: When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thousands of these French Protestants fled to America
Answer: | "lY8lZpliQhajBQj7iCKOUA==" |
Juan Peron | WORLD HISTORY: In June 1955 the Argentine navy staged an unsuccessful revolt against this dictator
Answer: | "2k18LJOgRH2kI7K8UcgCMg==" |
Ghana | WORLD HISTORY: Once known as the Gold Coast, it was the first member of the Commonwealth of Nations governed by Black Africans
Answer: | "1fAFTA9fQl6B95ecxlpjHw==" |
Amy | LITERATURE: In Little Women, this youngest of the 4 sisters is a most important person, in her own opinion at least
Answer: | "rIzgC7s1R5ShEukOszkEVQ==" |
Salem | AMERICAN HISTORY: Witchcraft trials held in this town in 1692 led to the hangings of 19 people
Answer: | "LHgQFlvdSmeVKMqfzaN2aA==" |
an elephant | WORLD HISTORY: Surus was the last known one of these to survive a mountain crossing in the 3rd century B.C.
Answer: | "rhwjE+AbQQ2aP448rP8txQ==" |
Bahrain | WORLD HISTORY: After oil was found there in 1932, this island nation became the Persian Gulfs first oil-rich state
Answer: | "aAp85IR7RZKucMhSJOXBtQ==" |
Beowulf | LITERATURE: Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaneys new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat
Answer: | "1ArVf638RyqNOduuVcSlSA==" |
Solomon | LITERATURE: Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamiltons The Book of Ruth & Toni Morrisons Song of him
Answer: | "es0d5jKkQGus1mtdXuf9KQ==" |
Don Quixote | LITERATURE: In this 17th C. novel, Sancho Panza is promised, & eventually gets, the governorship of his own island
Answer: | "TpS0vacBRueuciThuUUTOA==" |
The Old Man and the Sea | LITERATURE: In this 1952 short story, Hemingway wrote, A man can be destroyed but not defeated
Answer: | "Gxl5EEsSSamN7Ee9u2Jy8g==" |
Half-life | SCIENCE: For the radioactive isotope Actinium-227, its 21.8 years
Answer: | "flDVpYHCRUm4ukjMD58aEQ==" |
Middle English | LITERATURE: Language of Chaucer
Answer: | "p1MeNk7/RgW/JUpkXsdgNg==" |
Bunker Hill | AMERICAN HISTORY: The British gained Charlestown Peninsula, now in Boston, by winning this June 17, 1775 battle
Answer: | "k19gbdfETpmMAOSfiunVyA==" |
the atria | SCIENCE: These 2 upper chambers of the heart receive & collect blood from the veins
Answer: | "EiqXMDtRS8W1HVuIh72fAg==" |
The Old Man And The Sea | LITERATURE: Ernest Hemingways only Pulitzer Prize came in 1953 for this short novel about a Cuban named Santiago
Answer: | "1ohr87a1Rf2ddqgT9tohIA==" |
Golda Meir | WORLD HISTORY: On April 10, 1974 she resigned as Israels prime minister but served as a caretaker until June
Answer: | "xPt4Oc8URkeeoN0gzhHcgA==" |
hafnium | SCIENCE: In 2007 Intel announced a new faster chip design replacing silicon with this element, symbol Hf
Answer: | "oh2gf6ZGTE6fYunppSZGSQ==" |
John Brown | AMERICAN HISTORY: He was hanged in Charlestown, Virginia about 6 weeks after he led the attack on Harpers Ferry
Answer: | "EnRITymgRZqUxtJ5V0pwxw==" |
Gobi | SCIENCE: In the 1920s scientists discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs in this huge Mongolian desert
Answer: | "bXawET2oTD6t1lY0Xm69pg==" |
eye | SCIENCE: Pre-Y1K scientists figured this organ gave out light; they were, of course, wrong
Answer: | "VS3CRI/tReumqxHrfDswgQ==" |
Gelatin | SCIENCE: Boiling bones & hides converts the protein collagen to this foodstuff
Answer: | "cjL4zLmkQ5yL61J+Hh67FQ==" |
D.H. Lawrence | LITERATURE: In his 1913 novel Sons And Lovers, Miriam is based on his close friend Jessie Chambers
Answer: | "KLGcS0L4QXWJ3EnndBYXNA==" |
John Black Jack Pershing | AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1916 President Wilson sent this brigadier general into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa
Answer: | "HYcsrMJ5RemHknUz8fMMOA==" |
Cairo | WORLD HISTORY: In 969 the Fatimids conquered Egypt & made this city a center of the Muslim world
Answer: | "g32rB6zzRF2moVIZcJcRlw==" |
gravity | SCIENCE: Isaac Newton published his first mathematical formulation for this fundamental force in 1687
Answer: | "IATsuUmqT+StTuoVMe6vug==" |
Japan | WORLD HISTORY: The Tokugawa shogungate ruled this country from 1603 to 1867
Answer: | "ntbF0ZFbSlOvPsHE9uOGiQ==" |
Winston Churchill | WORLD HISTORY: In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress
Answer: | "cpp1GbJ4QeKjzJvBf3JIwg==" |
Pakistan & India | WORLD HISTORY: One of historys largest refugee migrations, about 15 million people, took place 1947-1951 between these 2 countries
Answer: | "1aSsHI/gSb+YNNZPNmA26Q==" |
Lithosphere | SCIENCE: In contrast to the hydrosphere, its the term for the rocky part of the Earth, or its crust
Answer: | "FRjrmPToR0mZr1gWgzMMLQ==" |
Jane Eyre | LITERATURE: The last chapter of this Charlotte Bronte novel begins with the words Reader, I married him
Answer: | "1w5bXh3YSkO6HcxltLJwxg==" |
Steppenwolf | LITERATURE: In a 1927 Hermann Hesse novel, newspaper writer Harry Haller, a loner, calls himself this
Answer: | "NnRRM29cRoSOD4ZYxHgzKw==" |
circadian rhythms | SCIENCE: From the Latin for about a day, these body rhythms govern cycles of wakefulness & sleep
Answer: | "2Jsp3S/BTXaW8QTOyOcdUQ==" |
a comet | SCIENCE: The tail of this body is formed when ice turns into gas as it gets closer to the sun
Answer: | "WKQvvLBJRQSz3YoHIonnPg==" |
the Polos | WORLD HISTORY: In 1292 this family of Venetian explorers escorted a Mongol princess to Persia
Answer: | "Pp90ZqIpTzKKVJUkJXv7Jg==" |
Doran Gray | LITERATURE: Title character who says, Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!
Answer: | "B/62PVnVQoeA+nbCSeLxYg==" |
chimpanzee | SCIENCE: In the 1970s sign language was taught to Koko the gorilla & Washoe, one of these
Answer: | "+YdNMy+jR/+dPme29gbLyg==" |
Mao Tse-tung | WORLD HISTORY: The Chinese plan called the Great Leap Forward was initiated by this leader in 1958
Answer: | "axm+tAQBQKaEYxawTU7VLg==" |
Air Force | AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
Answer: | "nf1CHf8WSpCtcR2Ps8s0lQ==" |
oxygen | SCIENCE: by definition an anaerobe is an organism that lives in an environment free of this element
Answer: | "vVu9sjWNQ0Cd6wmaWaANTw==" |
Marie Roget | LITERATURE: The NYC murder of Mary Rogers inspired Poe, who changed the setting to Paris & created The Mystery of her
Answer: | "F9lMQBp/ScOvQ+kXODyiuw==" |
China | WORLD HISTORY: This countrys Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River
Answer: | "F0Ua9j3YQ1qBPICd78EYUg==" |
one atmosphere | SCIENCE: This unit of pressure is equal to about 14.7 pounds per square inch or 1 bar
Answer: | "xr1s8VK4QGW90jakJY+kwg==" |
Belgium | WORLD HISTORY: In 1971 this countrys constitution set up 3 cultural regions: Flanders, Wallonia, & Brussels
Answer: | "Mi22ev8yQvOEuFyfKnSC+g==" |
the Hittites | WORLD HISTORY: Around 1650 B.C. these people made their capital at Hattusas in central Anatolia in what is now Turkey
Answer: | "HrL97NatRy6O+0LYz3Ishw==" |
Somalia | AMERICAN HISTORY: On Dec. 9, 1992, the first group of U.S. Marines arrived in this African nation to restore order
Answer: | "AyzWyv6ATHO4f/wg6jD7bg==" |
Mason & Dixon | AMERICAN HISTORY: In the 1760s these 2 surveyors used milestones to mark the boundary line between Maryland & Pennsylvania
Answer: | "RSnySfr0TzOqw0w1cVC64Q==" |
This Side of Paradise | LITERATURE: Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton, is the hero of this first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Answer: | "gI2T/353QXivucpSQwiwWg==" |
Poland | WORLD HISTORY: A 1795 partition ended its existence as a separate state in E. Europe; in 1918 it was back as a republic
Answer: | "zXpwcsttTkOxIC+Qgcwhow==" |
the Mayor of Casterbridge | LITERATURE: In a Thomas Hardy novel, Michael Henchard is this title mayor
Answer: | "+ezT3QlSS7OcjnT4UAjQXA==" |
English | LITERATURE: Language in which Brownings Sonnets from the Portuguese was originally written
Answer: | "U5WzEPK0R8+yy2jmRX3+kQ==" |
Jimmy Carter | AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 21, 1977 this president pardoned several thousand Vietnam War draft evaders
Answer: | "/w1hjIHLQduoBHoadsIAPw==" |
O. Henry | LITERATURE: He wrote many short stories with surprise endings including The Gift of the Magi
Answer: | "zcvzjGMFSr+9JD0GDNnHlA==" |
the moon | SCIENCE: Around 1840 chemist John William Draper took the first photograph of this heavenly body
Answer: | "wBXE/8TUQXWVmutafvhkbw==" |
parsec | SCIENCE: In astronomy, this unit of measure is abbreviated pc
Answer: | "TkXMGMrNT6G5t4KZVeO9og==" |
Madison, Hamilton, & Jay | AMERICAN HISTORY: 1 of 3 men who, under the name Publius, wrote The Federalist essays urging ratification of the Constitution
Answer: | "1O4azKHKQvKiRtWGBrJwnA==" |
Buck | LITERATURE: In The Call of the Wild, Judge Millers gardener kidnaps this dog & sells him for $50
Answer: | "DWd93tm0RtW4OWc0DKNt9A==" |
the Hindenburg | AMERICAN HISTORY: Remarkably, there were more than 60 survivors when this Zeppelin crashed in New Jersey in 1937
Answer: | "b1rtyvWkSO+Y3k4mgMPHiQ==" |
the Green Knight | LITERATURE: In the title of a 14th century work, Sir Gawain is paired with this knight
Answer: | "8rNvX4hHQZi3Xx4LORLzzg==" |
the Miocene | SCIENCE: Bears appeared during this epoch right before the Pliocene
Answer: | "UWj87P7xR8iFq+FxH3FJsQ==" |
gravity | SCIENCE: You have receptors in your ears for this fundamental force, & they get upset when youre weightless
Answer: | "5h4nh1dCTQaKtKXFlO+/hg==" |
Carlotta | WORLD HISTORY: This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria
Answer: | "9vkpAAD7TgelQTDtUGgMGQ==" |
Suez Canal | WORLD HISTORY: An 1888 treaty said this canal was neutral & would remain open even during a war
Answer: | "cjsCF0axRkKf8T4ssACIaw==" |
Cromwell | WORLD HISTORY: Both Lord Protectors of Great Britain, Oliver & Richard had this last name
Answer: | "bZ+pNVvuRZ2Ivrr9nP8mqg==" |
Aluminum | SCIENCE: The most abundant metal on Earth, when it was discovered in 1820 it was worth more than gold
Answer: | "daXul2woRW2Lq7X9m/JgGg==" |
Patrick Henry | AMERICAN HISTORY: In a March 1775 speech he also said, is peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Answer: | "D/SrJ/noQSevsbDAyuL0MQ==" |
Willie Stark | LITERATURE: This governor of a Southern state asks his aide to dig up dirt on Judge Irwin, a man of integrity
Answer: | "JrVL05i1SJSuuBeMC1MMwA==" |
indigo | AMERICAN HISTORY: Before cotton became king, this plant that yields a violet dye was a popular southern crop
Answer: | "D3cAtyRzTF+fzZxH52yLfA==" |
the Mayflower Compact | AMERICAN HISTORY: John Alden was the last surviving signer of this
Answer: | "Ioc5l6AYTVyiSXaNPNCfeA==" |
Waterloo | WORLD HISTORY: 4 days after this battle, Napoleon signed his 2nd -- & final -- abdication
Answer: | "DCxfE5G9R5Sb8simYr/H7Q==" |
hot air balloons | SCIENCE: These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles Law in action
Answer: | "u7k0ZTOXTbOecXzKlplK5g==" |
Texas | AMERICAN HISTORY: In the last week of the John Tyler administration, this republic was offered statehood
Answer: | "XGVihNQuQKST1MJhH13keA==" |
Letters | LITERATURE: The epistolary novel, in the form of these, was popularized by Samuel Richardsons Pamela in 1740
Answer: | "ekInR0XwQHuaJzdmxrUpoA==" |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court | LITERATURE: The hero of this Mark Twain novel calls himself A Yankee of the Yankees....and nearly barren of sentiment
Answer: | "HhVHuAQ2S3+hac0J7TfWpA==" |
Sweatshops | AMERICAN HISTORY: Frances Perkins was trying to improve working conditions in these in the 1910s, Kathie Lee in the 90s
Answer: | "7QFpJqc5QQKosEVOcpOkqQ==" |
War and Peace | LITERATURE: Natasha Rostova marries Pierre Bezukhov in this classic Tolstoy novel
Answer: | "pztIqVugSbuo4ZV0rUGfiw==" |
Potassium | SCIENCE: This second-lightest metal, symbol K, is so soft it can be cut with a knife
Answer: | "hZcUNOfiSP+tw6EocG6R7w==" |
Homer | LITERATURE: Britannica states that the name Agora was first found in the work of this ancient Greek poet
Answer: | "NH9WWqzzSU++sYmbRmGPow==" |
Manderley | LITERATURE: In the final scene of Rebecca, this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns
Answer: | "svchExhUROKrD91hq004gQ==" |
Ivanhoe | LITERATURE: Wamba is a brave jester who risks his life to save his master Cedric in this Sir Walter Scott novel
Answer: | "H7eOcximRfiLpNhfm1sgCQ==" |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | LITERATURE: 19th c. feminist Catharine Beecher wrote The American Womans Home with this more famous sister
Answer: | "8jYV5nDyRKmrj0V5wUG1WQ==" |
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